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Membership categories

Here is the range of membership categories you can choose from. Email membership@masterplumbers.org.nz if you'd like to apply.

Full membership

To become a full Master Plumbers member, you must be a registered plumber, gasfitter and/or drainlayer engaged in business on your own account. Master Plumbers membership caters for everyone from sole traders to small businesses and larger employers. 

Full Master Plumbers membership is also open those conducting a business associated with the industry, such as energy companies and city councils, who employ certifying plumbers, certifying gasfitters or registered drainlayers but are not engaged directly in business in the industry.

Cost: $1,067 (plus GST) per annum.

Benefits:

  • The membership fee includes an annual subscription to NZ Plumbers' Journal.
  • Membership also entitles you to access a wide range of member benefits.
  • When you sign up, you also become a member of your regional Association, providing you with local support, informative meetings and a great opportunity to network.

Download the membership application form HERE (PDF, 188kb)

Employee membership

If you are employed by a Master Plumbers member company, you can apply for free employee membership with the support of your employer.
Cost: free
Benefits: quarterly newsletter

Associate employee membership

This category is open to licensed plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers who are employed by an organisation or company that is not itself a plumbing, gasfitting or drainlaying business.
Cost: $150 plus GST
Benefits: quarterly newsletter; NZ Plumbers' Journal; member rates for upskilling courses

Retired membership

Anyone who has retired from business as a Master Plumber and was in good standing at the time of retirement can apply for this membership category.
Cost: $150 plus GST
Benefits: member website access; NZ Plumbers' Journal; member rates for upskilling courses

Associate company membership

Associate membership may be applied for by individuals or organisations that have a significant association with the industry.
Cost: $400 plus GST
Benefits: NZ Plumbers' Journal; MP Alerts e-newsletter

Signing up

Contact Membership and Marketing Manager Tracie Sturm to find out more: